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More gun control has put citizens at risk

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Tuesday January 1, 2013 5:53 AM

Tyrants have always exploited the fear of crime to justify disarming the public. The book
More Guns, Less Crime, which looked at decades of statistics on gun crime in this nation,
proved that the more gun control there is, the more gun crimes there are. Almost all mass shootings
take place in gun-free zones, such as schools. Fear of crime is a reason to be armed, not a reason
to disarm.

The consequences of disarmament are much greater than losing the ability to defend yourself from
crime. Thomas Jefferson said, “The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and
bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”

In Cambodia, Articles 322-328 of the Penal Code preceded Pol Pot’s murdering of 2,397,000 (8
percent of the population).

In China, Article 186-187 of the Penal Code and Article 9 of the Security Law preceded Mao
Zedong murdering 37,828,000.

In Germany, the “Law on Firearms and Ammunition” and the “Weapons Law” preceded Adolf Hitler
murdering 13 million.

In the Soviet Union, it was Article 182 of the Penal Code that preceded the government’s murder
of 54,769,000.

In the second Romney-Obama debate, Obama said that he wanted “an assault-weapons ban
reintroduced.”

Sen. Diane Feinstein recently said, “I'm going to introduce in the Senate, and the same bill
will be introduced in the House, a bill to ban assault weapons.”